| Postcode | WF8 2YA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Pontefract | 
| Nearest station | Pontefract Baghill (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | Northfield Dr Eastfield Drive (NE) Baghill Lane Harewood Ave (SE) Northfield Drive Springfield Ave (E) Baghill Lane Willow Prk (NW) Harewood Ave Cromwell Crescent (S) Baghill Lane Willow Prk (SE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.692559 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.296378 | |
| Easting | 446560 | |
| Northing | 422020 | |
| Grid reference | SE465220 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 612487 5950664 | |
| what3words | guises.hired.fairly | |
| FixPhrase | crucial macaroni sugar unrefined | |
| Plus code | 9C5WMPV3+2C | |
| Altitude | 54 metres (178 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:04 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:35 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 39.2 KMs (24.4 miles) | 
| Parish | Wakefield, unparished area | E43000299 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Pontefract North | E05001455 | 
| Metropolitan District | Wakefield | E08000036 | 
| County | West Yorkshire | E11000019 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | E14001428 | 
| MP | Yvette Cooper | Labour | 
| Police force | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Wakefield | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | West Yorkshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | Yorkshire and The Humber | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | June 1997 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1997 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode sector mean (mainly PO Boxes) | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Pontefract | E63008060 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00059677 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wakefield 012C | E01011839 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wakefield 012C | E01011839 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Pontefract North East | E02002449 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Pontefract North East | E02002449 | 
| Travel to work area | Wakefield and Castleford | E30000283 | 
| Average property price in Wakefield | £199,933 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.8% |